The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-21
ON RAIL AND CROSsTIE.
Local and General Gossip in Railway
Circles.


The annual election for seven directors of
the Augusta and Savannah railroad will be
held at Olmstead 81 Co.'S banking house
Jan. 2.
Robert Thompson, of Key West, sued the
street car, company of that city for $50, 900
| for injuries sustained by his son, and secured
a verdict of $4,000.
1t is said that the English company own
ing the Mexican railway from Vera Cruz to
the City of Mexico contemplates extending
it TO the Pacific coast, making the first trans
Continental Mexican railroad.
The Charleston and Savannah Railway
Company viii sell during the Christmas bolt
days round trip tickets on the Port Royal
and Augusta railroad and the Florida rail-
road for one fare to Charleston.
The first passenger train to pass over the
Columbus and Western road from Birming-
ham to Cahaba river was that of Supt.
Belknap. The Superintendent took party
of friends out with him to look at the road.
The gross earnings of 10S American rail-
roads in November amounted to $50, 753, 64S,
an increase of 5000 60 over November,
1886, and $500, 900 increase over October of
this year. There are 81 1856 miles of road
now in operation, against 81, COZ at this time
last year
Up to Nov. 80 there have been constructed
this year 1923 miles of new railroad in the
South 3,71S are now in process of construc-
ton; 6,057 miles additional have been To-
Gated and are under survey, and 1915 miles
are projected, with fair probability that
they will be built at no distant day.
1t is said that the visit of Col Scott, of.
Pennsylvania Railroad fame, to the KissIn-
NEE section several weeks ago, was not
merely to inspect the investment he had
made in the sugar company at st. Cloud,
but he also had an eve on the building of a
railroad from st. Cloud to Kissimmee, for
the purpose of bringing the product of the
sugar mill to market.
The last span of the Columbus and West
ern Railroad bridge across Coosa river has
been swung and the false work removed.
The finishing touch Will be put on the
bridge this week. The ties have been dis
tributed along the road from Coosa river to
CooSa mountain tunnel, and the track will
be laid across the bridge and up to the tun-
mel as soon as It is completed from Sylla-
cauga to Childersburg.
The Firemens Brotherhood fair in Macon
| is booming. The contest for the engineers
watch and the firemen's badge are exciting
a good deal of interest among railroad men
all over the State. Engineer Goldsby is
making a hard fight, and his friends are
supporting him nobly. John J. Gordon is
| Savannah's candidate for the firemen's
badge, and he is backed as the winner. The
contest will close in Macon Friday night,
when the votes will be counted. A book
will be opened at Fernandez this morning
for the firemen's contest, and will be kept
open until tomorrow night, when it will be
closed i'll order to allow the votes to be
made up, and forwarded to Macon. Sa-
vanuah proposes to see her candidat s win,
no matter what comes.
Chief Engineer Carter, of the st. Johns
River Railway Company, whose road is to
run parallel with the river On its eastern
bank from South Jacksonville to Palatka,
was in Jacksonville Monday, and said that
the entire survey had been completed and
that he is now busily engaged finishing up
his maps and getting the right of way. The
| line will pass through some of the finest
orange groves on the river, especially in the
vicinity of Mandarin, which is noted for it's
fine groves, and also at several points run
along in full view of the river. Col Carter
says that the work of getting the right of
way win be pushed with all possible
rapidity, and as soon as that is done he
hopes to be able to commence the work of
construction. The portion leading from
South Jacksonville to Mandarin will be
| completed first.